Julik Tarkhanov's riveting tale of misplaced priorities: 🤡 buying a slightly used Mac Studio to edit CSS and a side of ramen 🍜—because everyone knows the true tech pilgrimage involves sacrificing three days for a crinkled shopping bag. Next up: hunting for Wi-Fi in a cave! 🏕️
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A Supermarket Bag And a Truckload Of FOMO
The day was nearing to a close. The sun has already set, but that Friday evening in Amsterdam was still warm. Unusually warm, in fact, for those late days in March – as if spring decided to bless my pilgrimage, for that pilgrimage was not jovial. I was sitting at a ramen joint, sipping on the broth. To my left, a blue, crinkled supermarket shopping bag was sitting solemnly, inconspicuously. Inside that bag sat a slightly used Mac Studio, which I have just purchased to be able to edit CSS of my own application. By the time that evening descended upon the south of Amsterdam, I have lost 3 days of my life trying to figure out why I was unable to edit CSS. But let me rewind a bit.